Long day in Madison, but not due to Allison's doctor's appointment. I squeezed in a meeting with the online program director, we swung by Toy's R Us to pick up a birthday present, and ate lunch at McDonald's (ugh).
But - good news for Allison - on her higher calorie diet she's gained 3 pounds and 2 cm in the last 5 months. That means she's now moving parallel to the growth curve rather than askew to the growth curve. Also, it's a pretty normal growth rate for her age (5cm/yr). This means, we keep pushing calories and watch and wait another 6 months. The doctor felt (based on her bone age scans) that she was going to hit puberty later than average, and there may likely come a time when we might use a low dose of hormone to stimulate growth. Growth flattens out slightly right before puberty/at the very beginning of puberty (and the growth system "weakens") - and we might try to keep her growing more during that period, which will likely be extended for her and late. Meanwhile her peers will be shooting up massively in height so that the differential height gets more pronounced.
But, my thinking is that even 5cm/yr for the next 6 years is going to add a foot of height. It's not WNBA tall - but it's not Snooki short either.
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Snooki short? First of all, is Snooki short? and if so, how do you know that? Apparently we can add one more show to the list of things you watch when I'm not around.
Yeah - I've never seen Jersey Shore, but news stories always refer to her as "pint sized," so I was wondering what that was. Apparently, it's 4' 9".
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